Abstract: Methods are provided for analyzing one or more genetic samples, comprising procuring one or more genetic samples comprising genetic material from one or more individuals and sequencing the genetic material using non-targeted, ultra-low coverage sequencing to obtain genetic information for individual associated with the one or more genetic samples. Personal and genetic information associated with the individuals is stored in a database for retrieval and manipulation.

Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. Exemplary battery packs include an enclosure assembly that houses one or more battery internal components. One or more brackets may be used to mount each of the battery internal components within the enclosure assembly. Each bracket may include at least one attachment point for securing the bracket to the enclosure assembly and at least two attachment points for securing the bracket to a support structure of the battery internal component. Fasteners may be received through the brackets and then into either the enclosure assembly or the support structure in order to mount the battery internal component inside the battery packs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar panel system, comprising an array of solar panels, the array essentially arranged parallel to and a distance from the plane of a substantially flat support surface, such as a roof or the sea surface, each solar panel inclined with respect to the array and thus to the flat surface, at least one air inlet, between the support surface and the array, at least one air outlet between adjacent solar panels in the array, characterized in that a duct for air is formed from the air inlet to the at least one air outlet, by at least two walls that extend from the support surface toward the plane of the array and flank the space defined between the support surface and the array at two opposite sides, adjacent to a side that comprises the at least one air inlet.

Abstract: One innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in a wireless power reception apparatus. In some implementations, the wireless power reception apparatus may include a ferrite layer including a void. The wireless power reception apparatus may also include a first secondary coil configured to generate first power in cooperation with one or more primary coils of a wireless power transmission apparatus, where at least a portion of the first secondary coil resides in the void of the ferrite layer. The wireless power reception apparatus may also include one or more second secondary coils configured to generate second power in cooperation with the one or more primary coils of the wireless power transmission apparatus, where a portion of the second secondary coil is overlaying the portion of the first secondary coil residing in the void of the ferrite layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids (e.g., recombinant herpes viral genomes) comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding an antibody; viruses (e.g., herpes viruses) comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use (e.g., for localized, virus-mediated delivery and expression of the encoded antibody); and articles of manufacture or kits thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide (e.g., an inhaled therapeutic polypeptide, such as a human alpha-1-antitrypsin polypeptide); viruses comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions and formulations comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use (e.g., for delivering the polypeptide to one or more cells of the respiratory tract and/or for the treatment of a disease affecting the lungs, such as alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency); and articles of manufacture or kits thereof.

Abstract: Provided are resin particles, including: a vinyl polymer containing divinyl benzene as a constituent, wherein a number average particle diameter of the resin particles is 2.5 micrometers or greater but 10.0 micrometers or less, wherein a coefficient of variation (CV value) of a number-based particle diameter of the resin particles is 20% or lower, and wherein a circularity of the resin particles is 0.990 or greater.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for wireless power transmission. In accordance with this disclosure, a wireless power transmission apparatus (such as a charging pad) may support positional freedom such that a wireless power receiving apparatus may be charged regardless of positioning or orientation of the wireless power receiving apparatus. Various implementations include the use of multiple primary coils in a wireless power transmission apparatus. In some implementations, a wireless power transmission apparatus having multiple local controllers to activate different primary coils. In some implementations, the wireless power transmission apparatus may support concurrent charging of multiple wireless power receiving apparatuses.

Abstract: A receiver unit of a wireless power transfer system is presented. The receiver unit includes a main receiver coil, a plurality of auxiliary receiver coils disposed about a central axis of the main receiver coil, and a receiver drive subunit. The receiver drive subunit includes a main converter operatively coupled to the main receiver coil and having a main output terminal. The receiver drive subunit may include a plurality of auxiliary converters operatively coupled to the plurality of auxiliary receiver coils. The plurality of auxiliary converters may be operatively coupled to each other to form an auxiliary output terminal coupled in series to the main output terminal to form a common output terminal. In some implementations, the receiver drive unit may be formed on a substrate of an integrated electronic component. The integrated electronic component may further include a communication subunit and a controller disposed.

Abstract: A detection device (100) includes a detection mat (102) having a plurality of detection coils (106), and at least one pair of groups of detection coils (106), the pair of groups of detection coils (106) includes first and second groups of detection coils (106). The first and second group of detection coils (106) comprises first and second first and second impedance values. The detection device (100) includes one or more drive sub-systems (112) and a comparison sub-system (112). The drive sub-systems (112) are operatively coupled to the detection mat (102) and configured to excite at least one pair of groups of detection coils (106). The comparison sub-system (114) is operatively coupled to the detection mat (102) and configured to receive a differential current signal from the pair of groups of detection coils (106), the comparison sub-system (114) is configured to generate a control signal based on the differential current signal.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to receiving a target object model representative of a target object, receiving a source object model representative of a source object, defining a set of target segments and a set of source segments using a segmentation machine learning (ML) model, for each target segment and source segment pair in a set of target segment and source segment pairs, generating a compatibility score representing a degree of similarity between a target segment and a source segment, the compatibility score calculated based on global feature representations of each of the target segment and the source segment, each global feature representation determined from a ML model, selecting a source segment for style transfer based on compatibility scores, and merging the source segment into the target object model to replace a respective target segment within the target object model and providing a stylized target object model.

Abstract: A power transfer device and an associated method thereof are disclosed. The power transfer device includes a driver unit having a plurality of converters. The driver unit includes a plurality of legs forming ones of the plurality of converters, such that at least one leg of a first converter of the plurality of converters is common to a second converter of the plurality of converters. Each converter of the plurality of converters includes an output terminal. The driver unit may include a plurality of transmitter coils. In some implementations, a different transmitter coil is coupled to each output terminal of a respective converter.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first computer networking device executes an election algorithm to determine whether at least the first computer networking device or a second computer networking device is responsible for forwarding, to at least one receiving device, communications addressed to a specified group of computing devices. The first computer networking device may further store first data indicating that the first computer networking device is responsible for forwarding the communications. However, in response to the first computer networking device determining that it is no longer receiving the communications, it may store second data indicating that the first computer networking device is no longer responsible for forwarding the communications and may send, to the second computer networking device, third data indicating that the first computer networking device is not receiving the communications.

Abstract: A system including a primary coil assembly is provided. The primary coil assembly is configured to operate at a first resonant frequency having a first bandwidth; wherein a difference between the first resonant frequency and a system frequency is at least two times the first bandwidth, where the first resonant frequency is selected such that upon energizing the primary coil assembly at the system frequency, a primary current is induced in the primary coil assembly, which is at least ten times lesser than a system current.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide (e.g., a human CFTR polypeptide); viruses comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions and formulations comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use (e.g., for the treatment of a chronic lung disease, such as cystic fibrosis); and articles of manufacture or kits thereof.

Abstract: A device for detecting a foreign object (112) in a WPT system is disclosed. The device includes an injection unit (122) to receive a DC power signal and generate a first AC power signal having a first frequency. Also, the device includes an array of coils (120) to receive the first AC power signal having the first frequency and generate a first electromagnetic field at the first frequency. Further, the device includes a detection unit (124) to measure a parameter of at least one of the DC power signal received by the injection unit (122) and the first AC power signal generated by the injection unit (122), and detect the foreign object (112) within the first electromagnetic field based on a change in the parameter of at least one of the DC power signal and the first AC power signal across at least one of the array of coils (120).

Abstract: A method (500) includes utilizing (502) a detection device comprising a detection mat having a plurality of detection coils, and at least one pair of groups of detection coils having a first group of detection coils and a second group of detection coils, and where the first group of detection coils includes a first impedance value, and a second group of detection coils includes a second impedance value. The method further includes determining (504) alignment parameters representative of electromagnetic coupling between at least one pair of groups of detection coils of the detection mat and an electromagnetic field generated by an apparatus coil, and comparing (506) the alignment parameters with a reference. The method also includes generating (508) a control signal indicative of an alignment position of the apparatus coil with respect to the detection mat based on the compared alignment parameters.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to vehicle communication systems, in particular, toward contention resolution on a shared medium in vehicle communication systems. The present disclosure can provide a modified version of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 standard to handle physical layer (PHY), and data link layer's (DLL) media access control (MAC) of the wired communication links in the vehicle communication subsystem utilizing a shared medium and half-duplex mode. As a result, the modified MAC and PHY may provide fair access and deterministic latency for shared access to the medium of vehicle communication systems independent of the offered network load.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include receiving a content image depicting a first set of objects and a style image depicting a second set of objects and a collective style, processing, by the design generation assistant, the content image using one or more ML models to determine a first sub-set of objects, to which a style is to be transferred from the style image, the first sub-set of objects including fewer objects than the first set of objects, processing, by the design generation assistant, the style image using the ML models to determine a second sub-set of objects, from which the style is to be transferred, and generating, by the design generation assistant, an output image with stylized objects, each stylized object including an object in the first sub-set of objects having the style of the one or more objects in the second sub-set of objects.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more cosmetic proteins (e.g., one or more human collagen proteins); viruses comprising the recombinant nucleic acids; compositions (e.g., cosmetic formulations) comprising the recombinant nucleic acids and/or viruses; methods of their use; and articles of manufacture or kits thereof.